My T42 often takes a very long time to wake up from hibernation -
minutes long, much longer than boot. This AM, it did it again, and I
checked Task manager when it finally woke up. Python taking up 99% of
the CPU. I should note I've defragged everything, even hiberfil.sys, so
that's not the problem. I have antispyware and antivirus, and don't
have lax downloading habits.

I've noticed Python taking over the machine before. I've also noticed
programs like "ucgather" doing the same, esp. after boot. Both come
from the IBMTOOLS installation on the machine. How can I safely get
rid of all this crapware from them?

Dave